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EuroBasket 2011

EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 championship. FIBA Europe asserted that Lithuania managed to organize the best European championship in its history.[2] The top two teams are guaranteed spots at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

EuroBasket 2011
Tournament details
Host countryLithuania
Dates31 August – 18 September
Teams24
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up France
Third place Russia
Fourth place Macedonia
Tournament statistics
Games played90
MVP Juan Carlos Navarro[1]
Top scorer Tony Parker
(22.1 points per game)
2009
2013

EuroBasket 2011 was the largest sporting event in the history of the Baltic states, both in terms of the number of national teams (24), games (90), and that of spectators (158,000 tickets sold, with most tickets valid for three separate games.)[3]

Spain won the title for the second consecutive tournament, after defeating France, by a score of 98–85 in the final.[4] Spain's Juan Carlos Navarro was the tournament's MVP.

Venues and attendances edit

 
Inside of Žalgiris Arena

The group matches were played in four arenas, namely Alytus Arena, Šiauliai Arena, Cido Arena in Panevėžys and an arena in Klaipėda. The second stage matches were played at the Siemens Arena in the capital Vilnius and the playoffs at the new Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas.

All tickets were sold for matches in which Lithuania played in a matter of several hours after the start of sale. Other tickets were also sold out in advance for all venues except for Alytus (75% of available tickets sold in total). However the Organizing Committee's policy of selling tickets as a 3-game package meant that in some cases the sold-out arenas were not full as some fans would choose to go to only some of the games their ticket entitled them to. This policy was altered in Panevėžys where there were separate tickets for the games Lithuania played.

20,000 foreign visitors went to Lithuania for the championship. 135,000 local fans visited the arenas. 120,000 people (both local and foreign) watched EuroBasket 2011 matches in special fan zones that were constructed beside every arena with a large screen and outdoor seating available.[3]

Among the foreign teams the Georgian, Slovenian, Russian and Latvian national teams had the most fans traveling from their home countries. Georgians had certain city squares decorated in their flags in both Klaipėda and Vilnius.

Several famous people and heads of states went to championship. This included the president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and prince of Spain Felipe.

Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round
 
  Kaunas Žalgiris Arena 15,442 Opened in 2011 Knockout stage
  Vilnius Siemens Arena 11,000 Opened in 2004 Group E, Group F
  Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5,700 Opened in 2007 Group B
  Panevėžys Cido Arena 5,656 Opened in 2008 Group A
 
  Alytus Alytus Arena 5,500 Opened in 1981, reopened after reconstruction in 2011 Group C
  Klaipėda Švyturio Arena 5,486 Opened in 2011 Group D

Teams edit

 
EuroBasket 2011 participants.

It was first decided that 16 teams would participate in EuroBasket 2011, however FIBA Europe decided on 5 September 2010, in a meeting in Istanbul, that there would be 24 teams in the tournament, after the Qualifying Round was concluded.[5]

Lithuania automatically received a place as the hosts, nine other countries that competed in the 2010 FIBA World Championship also received a place, 12 Countries were determined through qualifying matches played in August 2010 (five had initially qualified, and seven were added after the decision to expand the tournament to 24 teams),[6] and two more qualifiers were decided in an additional qualifying tournament that took place in August 2011. All but one of the 15 countries that participated in the Qualifying Round qualified for the final tournament.

Qualification edit

Qualified teams edit

Competition Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Lithuania
Participant of 2010 FIBA World Championship 28 August – 12 September 2010 9   Croatia
  France
  Germany
  Greece
  Russia
  Serbia
  Slovenia
  Spain
  Turkey
Qualified through Qualifying Round 2 August 2010 – 29 August 2010 5   Belgium
  Great Britain
  Israel
  Macedonia
  Montenegro
Qualified through FIBA Europe decision 5 September 2010 7   Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bulgaria
  Georgia
  Italy
  Latvia
  Poland
  Ukraine
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round 9 August 2011 – 24 August 2011 2   Finland
  Portugal

Squads edit

 
Bo McCalebb led Macedonia squad

Each team consisted of 12 players. Only 1 among the 12 could be a naturalised foreign player, who could not have been in the national team of another nation. Some of the teams had players that traced their ancestry to the teams they represent and were allowed to play for that team, such as Germany (US-born Chris Kaman) and Israel (US-born David Blu, who as Jewish was entitled to Israeli citizenship from birth). Other teams naturalised players participating in their country's league system, among them Spain (Congolese-born Serge Ibaka), Croatia (US-born Dontaye Draper), Bulgaria (US-born E. J. Rowland), Belgium (US-born Marcus Faison), and Poland (US-born Thomas Kelati, who qualified for Polish citizenship through marriage to a Pole). Montenegro and Macedonia each naturalised US-born players who had never played in their league system, but had played in neighbouring Serbia, respectively Omar Cook and Bo McCalebb. Other naturalised players moved to their current countries in their youth, with a notable example being Great Britain's Luol Deng, who fled the Sudanese Civil War with his family as a child.

Lithuania, Serbia, Portugal (Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony) and Finland are notable exceptions, with all of their players having been born in Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia and Finland respectively. Another exception was Latvia playing without foreign players. Turkey had Enes Kanter, who was born to Turkish parents in Switzerland as well as Emir Preldzic, who was born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina and had already played on the national team of Slovenia in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2008 and Slovenian youth national teams.

Some of the Eastern European national teams, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, were composed mainly or entirely from players playing abroad. This was primarily true for countries that have good basketball players but no powerful clubs or leagues to match that.

On the other hand, for countries with strong leagues, such as Italy, the National teams were primarily composed of players playing in the local league. The same was true for countries weak in basketball (i.e. with both weak national team and local league) as their players are unable to get into strong foreign leagues. Portugal could be an example here.

Many NBA players represented their national teams, with the Spanish team having 6 NBA stars, the French team having 5, the Turkish team having 4, and so on. It was one of the strongest European basketball competition ever organized as a lot of European stars helped their nations.

Notable players and coaches edit

Group draw and championship system edit

The draw ceremony held on 30 January 2011 in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, divided the qualified teams into four groups of six, groups A, B, C, and D. The hosts of the evening were Jurgita Jurkutė and Vytautas Rumšas. The balls were drawn by retired basketball players European champions and Olympic medalists Stasys Stonkus, Modestas Paulauskas, Dino Meneghin, Sergejus Jovaiša, Alexander Anatolyevich Volkov and Arvydas Sabonis. A special concert followed the draw where a song was dedicated for each of the participating nations.

It was decided that Group A games would take place in Panevėžys, Group B in Šiauliai, Group C in Alytus and Group D in Klaipėda.

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6

  Spain
  Serbia
  Greece
  Slovenia

  France
  Croatia
  Russia
  Turkey

  Lithuania
  Germany
  Montenegro
  Belgium

  Great Britain
  Macedonia
  Israel
  Georgia

  Italy
  Bulgaria
  Poland
  Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Ukraine
  Latvia
  Portugal
  Finland

In the first stage every team had to play against every other team of their group (round robin). This meant five matches per team.

From every group the 3 best teams advanced to the second stage and the 3 worst teams were eliminated. In the second stage 2 new groups were formed. The 3 best teams from groups A and B were united to form group E whereas the 3 best teams from groups C and D were united to form group F.

In these two new groups of the second stage only matches by teams that had not yet played each other had to be played. As for the matches that had already happened in the first stage their results would also count in the second stage. Therefore, every team played 3 matches and there were 12 teams in the second stage.

Out of the second stage the 4 best teams from each of the two groups advanced to the quarterfinals (8 teams in total) whereas the 2 worst teams were eliminated from championship (4 teams in total).

Logo, official song and mascot of the championship edit

 
Official mascot

A public contest was introduced to create the logo for the competition. 49 designs were presented initially to the organizers and the best three were sent to FIBA Europe, which selected the winning design. The author of it was designer Kęstutis Koira. The EuroBasket 2011 logo was unveiled on 24 January 2009 in Cido Arena, Panevėžys, during the final game of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup. It displays the Columns of Gediminas overlaid on a backboard.

Lithuania is the first host country of EuroBasket to have an official EuroBasket song. The song "Celebrate basketball", written by Marijonas Mikutavičius and performed by Mia, Mantas Jankavičius and Marijonas Mikutavičius, was chosen by a televoting in Lithuania. There are two versions of the song – in Lithuanian[7] and English.[8] Later, another version was added – "Nebetyli sirgaliai" (lit. The Fans are no Longer Quiet).

The mascot of the championship was Amberis. Its head was in the form and color of a piece of amber. The name "Amberis" is a portmanteau of the English word amber and the Lithuanian nominative case masculine gender ending "is". The real word for amber in Lithuanian is Gintaras. There was an Amberis in every arena and quite frequently there were more than a single Amberis at a time interacting with each other as well as spectators. On the screens in the arenas a "legend" was shown where a piece of amber was given by a coach to a young basketball player to bring him luck and this piece turned into Amberis.

Special events edit

 
Huge ball in Vilnius center.

Basketball enjoys extraordinary popularity in Lithuania. As such, many events were organized to mark the championship, including:

  • In summer 2011 a dribble marathon around the whole of Lithuania was organized. Groups of people would dribble from one town to the next one, where they would give the balls to another set of people who would then dribble to the next town and so on. Every town of Lithuania was visited with TV documenting the events every day. Among the people who took part in the event were the president of Lithuania, several ministers, mayors, sportsmen, opera and ballet stars and so on. In the end the 13 balls were given to the Lithuanian National Basketball team on 29 August 2011.
  • On 29 August 2011, Lithuania set a new record for simultaneous dribbling, previously held by Poland. 60,000 Lithuanians from Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevėžys, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Alytus dribbled Molten balls simultaneously, beating Poland's record of 30,000 people.
  • The Vilnius TV Tower observation deck was turned into a large basketball basket. It was made of lights that shone in the dark. The "basket" was 160 meters tall, higher than any other building in Lithuania.
  • Composer Vidmantas Bartulis and poet Gintaras Patackas wrote an oratorio for basketball called "That Space-like Feeling of Basketball" ("Tas kosminis krepšinio jausmas"). This oratorio, praising basketball and Kauno Žalgiris team, was performed during the opening of Kaunas Arena on 16 August 2011.

Additionally, from Spring 2011, many of the TV and newspaper advertisements became basketball-oriented. Each of the cities where EuroBasket 2011 would take place received many minor details marking the championship: for example, the trash bins in Panevėžys were repainted to look like basketballs, an abandoned building in Vilnius had its windows covered by flags of the participant nations while balls were drawn on the pavement in some places.

Many ordinary Lithuanians decorated their cars with small Lithuanian flags flying above side windows (like during every other basketball championship). Flags covering the opposite side of the car mirrors are also popular. Some foreign fans who visited Lithuania during the championship adopted this practice as well.

A major Lithuanian news company adopted the practice of predicting each Lithuania national basketball team match in the EuroBasket. Lazdeika the Crab served as the oracle. The crab selected one of the two coconut shells to hide in when light was shone on it. Each of the two coconut shells has a country's flag – Lithuania's flag and opponent flag. At the beginning the crab's guesses would prove to be correct yet in the end they went wrong. Some people believe that the predictions were fixed - that is, the crab would be filmed many times and only when its "prediction" would match that of bookmakers would the "prediction" be aired on TV.

FIBA broadcasting rights edit

At least some matches were broadcast in 150 countries and territories all over the world.[3]

Financial details edit

According to the Lithuanian Basketball Association the championship expenses were 32 million Litas and the income was 34.8 million Litas, which means the profit of the event was 2.8 million Litas.[3]

Out of the 32 million Litas expenses some 9.8 million were funded by the Lithuanian state institutions whereas the remaining 22.2 million were amassed from sponsors or other sources. It is assumed that the state earned 11.9 million Litas due to VAT taxes paid by 20 000 foreign visitors therefore earning a 2.1 million Litas profit.[3]

Out of the 34.8 million litas income 24.7 million Litas were amassed by selling tickets (TV rights and certain other rights are owned by FIBA rather than the local basketball association and therefore are not included in the revenues).[3]

During the championship there were 3,984 people responsible for safety and 1,500 volunteers responsible for various duties such as helping spectators or giving the balls for play. The 1,500 volunteers were chosen out of 6,000 persons who wanted to volunteer.

1,300 journalists worked in the championships, out of them 200 were TV and radio commentators. 1,300 media accreditation licenses were issued.[3]

Preliminary round edit

Teams played each other once. The top three placed teams move on to the next round. In the event of a tie on points, direct matches between (points and goal average, i.e. points for/points against) were taken into account, if still tied, goal average in all matches was used as tiebreaker and not points difference.[10][11]

All times are local (UTC+3)

Group A edit

Venue: Cido Arena, Panevėžys

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
  Spain 5 4 1 404 364 1.109 9 1–0
  Lithuania 5 4 1 429 374 1.147 9 0–1
  Turkey 5 3 2 385 333 1.156 8
  Great Britain 5 2 3 372 410 0.907 7 1–0
  Poland 5 2 3 401 424 0.945 7 0–1
  Portugal 5 0 5 344 430 0.800 5


31 August 2011
Spain   83–78   Poland
Turkey   79–56   Portugal
Lithuania   80–69   Great Britain
1 September 2011
Portugal   73–87   Spain
Great Britain   61–90   Turkey
Poland   77–97   Lithuania
2 September 2011
Spain   86–69   Great Britain
Portugal   73–81   Poland
Turkey   68–75   Lithuania
4 September 2011
Great Britain   85–73   Portugal
Poland   84–83   Turkey
Lithuania   79–91   Spain
5 September 2011
Great Britain   88–81   Poland
Spain   57–65   Turkey
Portugal   69–98   Lithuania

Group B edit

Venue: Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts.
  France 5 5 0 438 391 1.120 10
  Serbia 5 4 1 432 386 1.119 9
  Germany 5 3 2 377 357 1.056 8
  Israel 5 2 3 399 448 0.891 7
  Italy 5 1 4 380 405 0.938 6
  Latvia 5 0 5 385 424 0.908 5


31 August 2011
Serbia   80–68   Italy
France   89–78   Latvia
Germany   91–64   Israel
1 September 2011
Latvia   77–92   Serbia
Israel   68–85   France
Italy   62–76   Germany
2 September 2011
Serbia   89–80   Israel
Latvia   62–71   Italy
France   76–65   Germany
4 September 2011
Israel   91–88   Latvia
Italy   84–91   France
Germany   64–75   Serbia
5 September 2011
Israel   96–95 (OT)   Italy
Latvia   80–81   Germany
Serbia   96–97 (OT)   France

Group C edit

Venue: Alytus Arena, Alytus

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
  Macedonia 5 4 1 362 337 1.074 9 1–0
  Greece 5 4 1 360 324 1.129 9 0–1
  Finland 5 2 3 373 366 1.019 7 1–1, 1.155
  Croatia 5 2 3 396 404 0.980 7 1–1, 0.959
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 2 3 380 409 0.929 7 1–1, 0.907
  Montenegro 5 1 4 357 388 0.921 6


Group D edit

Venue: Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
  Russia 5 5 0 371 321 1.155 10
  Slovenia 5 4 1 356 324 1.098 9
  Georgia 5 2 3 352 343 1.026 7 1–1, 1.045
  Bulgaria 5 2 3 339 357 0.949 7 1–1, 0.993
  Ukraine 5 2 3 322 327 0.984 7 1–1, 0.960
  Belgium 5 0 5 304 372 0.817 5


31 August 2011
Belgium   59–81   Georgia
Slovenia   67–59   Bulgaria
Russia   73–64   Ukraine
1 September 2011
Bulgaria   68–65   Belgium
Georgia   58–65   Russia
Ukraine   64–68   Slovenia
3 September 2011
Ukraine   67–56   Bulgaria
Slovenia   87–75   Georgia
Russia   79–58   Belgium
4 September 2011
Georgia   69–53   Ukraine
Bulgaria   77–89   Russia
Belgium   61–70   Slovenia
5 September 2011
Georgia   69–79   Bulgaria
Slovenia   64–65   Russia
Ukraine   74–61   Belgium

Second round edit

Group E edit

The group composed of the three best ranked teams from Groups A and B. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

Four teams with the best records advanced to the quarter-finals.


Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
  Spain 5 4 1 405 340 1.191 9 1–0
  France 5 4 1 383 388 0.987 9 0–1
  Lithuania 5 3 2 405 397 1.020 8
  Serbia 5 2 3 388 412 0.942 7
  Germany 5 1 4 345 379 0.910 6 1–0
  Turkey 5 1 4 331 341 0.991 6 0–1


Group F edit

The group composed of the three best ranked teams from groups C and D. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

The four teams with the best records advanced to the quarter-finals.


Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts.
  Russia 5 5 0 355 310 1.145 10
  Macedonia 5 4 1 338 313 1.079 9
  Greece 5 3 2 348 336 1.036 8
  Slovenia 5 2 3 337 337 1.000 7
  Finland 5 1 4 338 372 0.909 6
  Georgia 5 0 5 329 377 0.873 5


Knockout stage edit

 
Finals: Spain vs. France
 
Bronze game: Macedonia vs. Russia
 
5th place game: Lithuania vs. Greece
All matches were played in: Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas[12]
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 September
 
 
  Spain86
 
16 September
 
  Slovenia64
 
  Spain92
 
14 September
 
  Macedonia80
 
  Macedonia67
 
18 September
 
  Lithuania65
 
  Spain98
 
15 September
 
  France85
 
  France64
 
16 September
 
  Greece56
 
  France79
 
15 September
 
  Russia71 Third place
 
  Russia77
 
18 September
 
  Serbia67
 
  Macedonia68
 
 
  Russia72
 
5th place bracket
 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
15 September
 
 
  Slovenia77
 
17 September
 
  Lithuania80
 
  Lithuania73
 
16 September
 
  Greece69
 
  Greece87
 
 
  Serbia77
 
Seventh place
 
 
17 September
 
 
  Slovenia72
 
 
  Serbia68

Quarterfinals edit

14 September
18:00
Report
Spain   86–64   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 19–8, 36–14, 15–19
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000
14 September
21:00
Report
Macedonia   67–65   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 12–14, 19–18, 18–13
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 15,000
15 September
18:00
Report
France   64–56   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 13–14, 13–12, 24–13
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 9,000
15 September
21:00
Report
Russia   77–67   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 18–15, 20–21, 23–19
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,500

Classification 5–8 edit

15 September
15:30
Report
Slovenia   77–80   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–25, 24–19, 20–17
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000
16 September
15:00
Report
Greece   87–77   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 34–8, 14–18, 16–22, 23–29
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,500

Semifinals edit

16 September
17:30
Report
Spain   92–80   Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 18–27, 27–17, 21–18
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000
16 September
21:00
Report
France   79–71   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 22–18, 16–13, 24–24
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,000

Seventh place game edit

17 September
18:00
Report
Slovenia   72–68   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 17–19, 20–12, 8–17
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,000

Fifth place game edit

17 September
21:00
Report
Lithuania   73–69   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 18–17, 24–11, 17–21
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,000

Third place game edit

18 September
17:30
Report
Macedonia   68–72   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 17–19, 20–16, 18–20
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000

Final edit

18 September
21:00
Report
Spain   98–85   France
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 25–21, 25–21, 23–23
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Sreten Radovic (CRO)


 EuroBasket 2011 champions 
 
Spain
Second title

Final standings

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EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men s European Basketball Championship held by FIBA Europe The competition was hosted by Lithuania This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania the country having also hosted the 1939 championship FIBA Europe asserted that Lithuania managed to organize the best European championship in its history 2 The top two teams are guaranteed spots at the 2012 Summer Olympics EuroBasket 2011Tournament detailsHost countryLithuaniaDates31 August 18 SeptemberTeams24Venue s 6 in 6 host cities Final positionsChampions Spain 2nd title Runners up FranceThird place RussiaFourth place MacedoniaTournament statisticsGames played90MVPJuan Carlos Navarro 1 Top scorerTony Parker 22 1 points per game 20092013 EuroBasket 2011 was the largest sporting event in the history of the Baltic states both in terms of the number of national teams 24 games 90 and that of spectators 158 000 tickets sold with most tickets valid for three separate games 3 Spain won the title for the second consecutive tournament after defeating France by a score of 98 85 in the final 4 Spain s Juan Carlos Navarro was the tournament s MVP Contents 1 Venues and attendances 2 Teams 3 Qualification 3 1 Qualified teams 4 Squads 4 1 Notable players and coaches 5 Group draw and championship system 6 Logo official song and mascot of the championship 7 Special events 8 FIBA broadcasting rights 9 Financial details 10 Preliminary round 10 1 Group A 10 2 Group B 10 3 Group C 10 4 Group D 11 Second round 11 1 Group E 11 2 Group F 12 Knockout stage 12 1 Quarterfinals 12 2 Classification 5 8 12 3 Semifinals 12 4 Seventh place game 12 5 Fifth place game 12 6 Third place game 12 7 Final 13 Final standings 14 Statistical leaders 14 1 Individual Tournament Highs 14 2 Individual Game Highs 14 3 Team Tournament Highs 14 4 Team Game highs 15 All Tournament Team 16 References 17 External linksVenues and attendances edit nbsp Inside of Zalgiris Arena The group matches were played in four arenas namely Alytus Arena Siauliai Arena Cido Arena in Panevezys and an arena in Klaipeda The second stage matches were played at the Siemens Arena in the capital Vilnius and the playoffs at the new Zalgiris Arena in Kaunas All tickets were sold for matches in which Lithuania played in a matter of several hours after the start of sale Other tickets were also sold out in advance for all venues except for Alytus 75 of available tickets sold in total However the Organizing Committee s policy of selling tickets as a 3 game package meant that in some cases the sold out arenas were not full as some fans would choose to go to only some of the games their ticket entitled them to This policy was altered in Panevezys where there were separate tickets for the games Lithuania played 20 000 foreign visitors went to Lithuania for the championship 135 000 local fans visited the arenas 120 000 people both local and foreign watched EuroBasket 2011 matches in special fan zones that were constructed beside every arena with a large screen and outdoor seating available 3 Among the foreign teams the Georgian Slovenian Russian and Latvian national teams had the most fans traveling from their home countries Georgians had certain city squares decorated in their flags in both Klaipeda and Vilnius Several famous people and heads of states went to championship This included the president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and prince of Spain Felipe Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round nbsp nbsp Kaunas nbsp Kaunas Zalgiris Arena 15 442 Opened in 2011 Knockout stage nbsp nbsp Vilnius nbsp Vilnius Siemens Arena 11 000 Opened in 2004 Group E Group F nbsp nbsp Siauliai nbsp Siauliai Siauliai Arena 5 700 Opened in 2007 Group B nbsp nbsp Panevezys nbsp Panevezys Cido Arena 5 656 Opened in 2008 Group A nbsp nbsp Alytus nbsp Alytus Alytus Arena 5 500 Opened in 1981 reopened after reconstruction in 2011 Group C nbsp nbsp Klaipeda nbsp Klaipeda Svyturio Arena 5 486 Opened in 2011 Group D nbsp Postage stamp issued to commemorate the EuroBasket 2011 nbsp Slovenian national team bus in Vilnius nbsp Huge ball for EuroBasket 2011 in Vilnius nbsp Baskets and balls in Vilnius center nbsp One Litas coin for EuroBasket 2011Teams edit nbsp EuroBasket 2011 participants It was first decided that 16 teams would participate in EuroBasket 2011 however FIBA Europe decided on 5 September 2010 in a meeting in Istanbul that there would be 24 teams in the tournament after the Qualifying Round was concluded 5 Lithuania automatically received a place as the hosts nine other countries that competed in the 2010 FIBA World Championship also received a place 12 Countries were determined through qualifying matches played in August 2010 five had initially qualified and seven were added after the decision to expand the tournament to 24 teams 6 and two more qualifiers were decided in an additional qualifying tournament that took place in August 2011 All but one of the 15 countries that participated in the Qualifying Round qualified for the final tournament Qualification editMain article EuroBasket 2011 qualification Qualified teams edit Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 nbsp Lithuania Participant of 2010 FIBA World Championship 28 August 12 September 2010 9 nbsp Croatia nbsp France nbsp Germany nbsp Greece nbsp Russia nbsp Serbia nbsp Slovenia nbsp Spain nbsp Turkey Qualified through Qualifying Round 2 August 2010 29 August 2010 5 nbsp Belgium nbsp Great Britain nbsp Israel nbsp Macedonia nbsp Montenegro Qualified through FIBA Europe decision 5 September 2010 7 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Georgia nbsp Italy nbsp Latvia nbsp Poland nbsp Ukraine Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round 9 August 2011 24 August 2011 2 nbsp Finland nbsp PortugalSquads editMain article EuroBasket 2011 squads nbsp Bo McCalebb led Macedonia squad Each team consisted of 12 players Only 1 among the 12 could be a naturalised foreign player who could not have been in the national team of another nation Some of the teams had players that traced their ancestry to the teams they represent and were allowed to play for that team such as Germany US born Chris Kaman and Israel US born David Blu who as Jewish was entitled to Israeli citizenship from birth Other teams naturalised players participating in their country s league system among them Spain Congolese born Serge Ibaka Croatia US born Dontaye Draper Bulgaria US born E J Rowland Belgium US born Marcus Faison and Poland US born Thomas Kelati who qualified for Polish citizenship through marriage to a Pole Montenegro and Macedonia each naturalised US born players who had never played in their league system but had played in neighbouring Serbia respectively Omar Cook and Bo McCalebb Other naturalised players moved to their current countries in their youth with a notable example being Great Britain s Luol Deng who fled the Sudanese Civil War with his family as a child Lithuania Serbia Portugal Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony and Finland are notable exceptions with all of their players having been born in Lithuania Portugal Serbia and Finland respectively Another exception was Latvia playing without foreign players Turkey had Enes Kanter who was born to Turkish parents in Switzerland as well as Emir Preldzic who was born in Zenica Bosnia and Herzegovina and had already played on the national team of Slovenia in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2008 and Slovenian youth national teams Some of the Eastern European national teams such as Bosnia and Herzegovina were composed mainly or entirely from players playing abroad This was primarily true for countries that have good basketball players but no powerful clubs or leagues to match that On the other hand for countries with strong leagues such as Italy the National teams were primarily composed of players playing in the local league The same was true for countries weak in basketball i e with both weak national team and local league as their players are unable to get into strong foreign leagues Portugal could be an example here Many NBA players represented their national teams with the Spanish team having 6 NBA stars the French team having 5 the Turkish team having 4 and so on It was one of the strongest European basketball competition ever organized as a lot of European stars helped their nations Notable players and coaches edit Spain nbsp Pau Gasol nbsp Marc Gasol nbsp Rudy Fernandez nbsp Ricky Rubio nbsp Juan Carlos Navarro nbsp Jose Calderon nbsp nbsp Serge Ibaka nbsp Sergio Scariolo coach France nbsp Tony Parker nbsp Joakim Noah nbsp Nicolas Batum nbsp Boris Diaw nbsp Mickael Gelabale nbsp Nando de Colo Russia nbsp Andrei Kirilenko nbsp Victor Khryapa nbsp Timofey Mozgov nbsp Andrey Vorontsevich nbsp Vitaly Fridzon nbsp Alexey Shved nbsp Sergei Monia nbsp nbsp David Blatt coach Macedonia nbsp Bo McCalebb nbsp Vlado Ilievski nbsp Pero Antic Lithuania nbsp Sarunas Jasikevicius nbsp Jonas Valanciunas nbsp Darius Songaila nbsp Rimantas Kaukenas nbsp Ksystof Lavrinovic Greece nbsp Ioannis Bourousis nbsp Nikos Zisis nbsp Nick Calathes nbsp Kostas Papanikolaou nbsp Kosta Koufos Slovenia nbsp Jaka Lakovic nbsp Goran Dragic nbsp Erazem Lorbek nbsp Mirza Begic nbsp Bozidar Maljkovic coach Serbia nbsp Milos Teodosic nbsp Nemanja Bjelica nbsp Nenad Krstic nbsp Dusko Savanovic nbsp Dusan Ivkovic coach Germany nbsp Dirk Nowitzki nbsp Chris Kaman Turkey nbsp Ersan Ilyasova nbsp Omer Asik nbsp Enes Kanter nbsp Hedo Turkoglu Georgia nbsp Zaza Pachulia nbsp Giorgi Shermadini nbsp Tornike Shengelia Croatia nbsp Ante Tomic nbsp Marko Popovic nbsp Bojan Bogdanovic nbsp nbsp Dontaye Draper Great Britain nbsp Luol Deng nbsp Joel Freeland Israeli nbsp Omri Casspi Poland nbsp nbsp Thomas Kelati nbsp nbsp Dardan Berisha Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Mirza Teletovic Italy nbsp Andrea Bargnani nbsp Marco Belinelli nbsp Danilo Gallinari nbsp Simone Pianigiani coach Montenegro nbsp nbsp Omar Cook nbsp Nikola Pekovic nbsp Nikola Vucevic Latvia nbsp Davis Bertans nbsp Dairis Bertans Belgium nbsp Tomas Van Den Spiegel nbsp nbsp D J Mbenga Portugal nbsp Mario Palma coach Group draw and championship system editThe draw ceremony held on 30 January 2011 in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre Vilnius divided the qualified teams into four groups of six groups A B C and D The hosts of the evening were Jurgita Jurkute and Vytautas Rumsas The balls were drawn by retired basketball players European champions and Olympic medalists Stasys Stonkus Modestas Paulauskas Dino Meneghin Sergejus Jovaisa Alexander Anatolyevich Volkov and Arvydas Sabonis A special concert followed the draw where a song was dedicated for each of the participating nations It was decided that Group A games would take place in Panevezys Group B in Siauliai Group C in Alytus and Group D in Klaipeda Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 nbsp Spain nbsp Serbia nbsp Greece nbsp Slovenia nbsp France nbsp Croatia nbsp Russia nbsp Turkey nbsp Lithuania nbsp Germany nbsp Montenegro nbsp Belgium nbsp Great Britain nbsp Macedonia nbsp Israel nbsp Georgia nbsp Italy nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Poland nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Ukraine nbsp Latvia nbsp Portugal nbsp Finland In the first stage every team had to play against every other team of their group round robin This meant five matches per team From every group the 3 best teams advanced to the second stage and the 3 worst teams were eliminated In the second stage 2 new groups were formed The 3 best teams from groups A and B were united to form group E whereas the 3 best teams from groups C and D were united to form group F In these two new groups of the second stage only matches by teams that had not yet played each other had to be played As for the matches that had already happened in the first stage their results would also count in the second stage Therefore every team played 3 matches and there were 12 teams in the second stage Out of the second stage the 4 best teams from each of the two groups advanced to the quarterfinals 8 teams in total whereas the 2 worst teams were eliminated from championship 4 teams in total Logo official song and mascot of the championship edit nbsp Official mascot nbsp Celebrate Basketball 2011 source source Official EuroBasket 2011 song Problems playing this file See media help A public contest was introduced to create the logo for the competition 49 designs were presented initially to the organizers and the best three were sent to FIBA Europe which selected the winning design The author of it was designer Kestutis Koira The EuroBasket 2011 logo was unveiled on 24 January 2009 in Cido Arena Panevezys during the final game of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup It displays the Columns of Gediminas overlaid on a backboard Lithuania is the first host country of EuroBasket to have an official EuroBasket song The song Celebrate basketball written by Marijonas Mikutavicius and performed by Mia Mantas Jankavicius and Marijonas Mikutavicius was chosen by a televoting in Lithuania There are two versions of the song in Lithuanian 7 and English 8 Later another version was added Nebetyli sirgaliai lit The Fans are no Longer Quiet The mascot of the championship was Amberis Its head was in the form and color of a piece of amber The name Amberis is a portmanteau of the English word amber and the Lithuanian nominative case masculine gender ending is The real word for amber in Lithuanian is Gintaras There was an Amberis in every arena and quite frequently there were more than a single Amberis at a time interacting with each other as well as spectators On the screens in the arenas a legend was shown where a piece of amber was given by a coach to a young basketball player to bring him luck and this piece turned into Amberis Special events edit nbsp Huge ball in Vilnius center Basketball enjoys extraordinary popularity in Lithuania As such many events were organized to mark the championship including In summer 2011 a dribble marathon around the whole of Lithuania was organized Groups of people would dribble from one town to the next one where they would give the balls to another set of people who would then dribble to the next town and so on Every town of Lithuania was visited with TV documenting the events every day Among the people who took part in the event were the president of Lithuania several ministers mayors sportsmen opera and ballet stars and so on In the end the 13 balls were given to the Lithuanian National Basketball team on 29 August 2011 On 29 August 2011 Lithuania set a new record for simultaneous dribbling previously held by Poland 60 000 Lithuanians from Vilnius Kaunas Panevezys Klaipeda Siauliai and Alytus dribbled Molten balls simultaneously beating Poland s record of 30 000 people The Vilnius TV Tower observation deck was turned into a large basketball basket It was made of lights that shone in the dark The basket was 160 meters tall higher than any other building in Lithuania Composer Vidmantas Bartulis and poet Gintaras Patackas wrote an oratorio for basketball called That Space like Feeling of Basketball Tas kosminis krepsinio jausmas This oratorio praising basketball and Kauno Zalgiris team was performed during the opening of Kaunas Arena on 16 August 2011 Additionally from Spring 2011 many of the TV and newspaper advertisements became basketball oriented Each of the cities where EuroBasket 2011 would take place received many minor details marking the championship for example the trash bins in Panevezys were repainted to look like basketballs an abandoned building in Vilnius had its windows covered by flags of the participant nations while balls were drawn on the pavement in some places Many ordinary Lithuanians decorated their cars with small Lithuanian flags flying above side windows like during every other basketball championship Flags covering the opposite side of the car mirrors are also popular Some foreign fans who visited Lithuania during the championship adopted this practice as well A major Lithuanian news company adopted the practice of predicting each Lithuania national basketball team match in the EuroBasket Lazdeika the Crab served as the oracle The crab selected one of the two coconut shells to hide in when light was shone on it Each of the two coconut shells has a country s flag Lithuania s flag and opponent flag At the beginning the crab s guesses would prove to be correct yet in the end they went wrong Some people believe that the predictions were fixed that is the crab would be filmed many times and only when its prediction would match that of bookmakers would the prediction be aired on TV FIBA broadcasting rights editAt least some matches were broadcast in 150 countries and territories all over the world 3 Country Broadcaster nbsp Albania SuperSport Albania nbsp Argentina DirecTV nbsp Belgium Be TV TELENET nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT nbsp Brazil SporTV ESPN Brasil Band Sports TV Esporte Interativo nbsp Bulgaria BNT nbsp Croatia HRT nbsp Czech Republic CTV Sport 1 nbsp Cyprus Lumiere TV nbsp Denmark Viasat Sport nbsp Great Britain ESPN BBC Red Button nbsp Estonia Viasat Sport nbsp Finland Viasat Sport Nelonen Pro nbsp France Sport nbsp Macedonia Sitel Sitel 3 nbsp Georgia 1TV nbsp Germany Sport1 nbsp Greece ERT nbsp Hungary Sport 1 nbsp Israel IBA Charlton nbsp TV commentators for EuroBasket 2011 Country Broadcaster nbsp Italy RAI nbsp Latvia TV6 9 nbsp Lithuania TV3 Viasat Sport nbsp Japan J Sports nbsp Montenegro RTCG nbsp Norway Viasat Sport nbsp Philippines Basketball TV AKTV nbsp Poland TVP nbsp Portugal Sport TV nbsp Qatar Al Jazeera Sports nbsp Russia NTV Plus Russia 2 nbsp Romania Sport 1 nbsp Serbia RTS 1 nbsp Slovakia Sport 1 nbsp Slovenia RTVSLO Sport TV nbsp South Africa SuperSport nbsp Spain La Sexta Marca TV nbsp Sweden TV10 nbsp Taiwan Videoland nbsp Turkey NTV Spor nbsp Ukraine 2 2 nbsp USA ESPN3Financial details editAccording to the Lithuanian Basketball Association the championship expenses were 32 million Litas and the income was 34 8 million Litas which means the profit of the event was 2 8 million Litas 3 Out of the 32 million Litas expenses some 9 8 million were funded by the Lithuanian state institutions whereas the remaining 22 2 million were amassed from sponsors or other sources It is assumed that the state earned 11 9 million Litas due to VAT taxes paid by 20 000 foreign visitors therefore earning a 2 1 million Litas profit 3 Out of the 34 8 million litas income 24 7 million Litas were amassed by selling tickets TV rights and certain other rights are owned by FIBA rather than the local basketball association and therefore are not included in the revenues 3 During the championship there were 3 984 people responsible for safety and 1 500 volunteers responsible for various duties such as helping spectators or giving the balls for play The 1 500 volunteers were chosen out of 6 000 persons who wanted to volunteer 1 300 journalists worked in the championships out of them 200 were TV and radio commentators 1 300 media accreditation licenses were issued 3 Preliminary round editTeams played each other once The top three placed teams move on to the next round In the event of a tie on points direct matches between points and goal average i e points for points against were taken into account if still tied goal average in all matches was used as tiebreaker and not points difference 10 11 All times are local UTC 3 Group A edit Venue Cido Arena Panevezys Main article EuroBasket 2011 Group A Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts Tie nbsp Spain 5 4 1 404 364 1 109 9 1 0 nbsp Lithuania 5 4 1 429 374 1 147 9 0 1 nbsp Turkey 5 3 2 385 333 1 156 8 nbsp Great Britain 5 2 3 372 410 0 907 7 1 0 nbsp Poland 5 2 3 401 424 0 945 7 0 1 nbsp Portugal 5 0 5 344 430 0 800 5 31 August 2011 Spain nbsp 83 78 nbsp Poland Turkey nbsp 79 56 nbsp Portugal Lithuania nbsp 80 69 nbsp Great Britain 1 September 2011 Portugal nbsp 73 87 nbsp Spain Great Britain nbsp 61 90 nbsp Turkey Poland nbsp 77 97 nbsp Lithuania 2 September 2011 Spain nbsp 86 69 nbsp Great Britain Portugal nbsp 73 81 nbsp Poland Turkey nbsp 68 75 nbsp Lithuania 4 September 2011 Great Britain nbsp 85 73 nbsp Portugal Poland nbsp 84 83 nbsp Turkey Lithuania nbsp 79 91 nbsp Spain 5 September 2011 Great Britain nbsp 88 81 nbsp Poland Spain nbsp 57 65 nbsp Turkey Portugal nbsp 69 98 nbsp Lithuania Group B edit Venue Siauliai Arena Siauliai Main article EuroBasket 2011 Group B Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts nbsp France 5 5 0 438 391 1 120 10 nbsp Serbia 5 4 1 432 386 1 119 9 nbsp Germany 5 3 2 377 357 1 056 8 nbsp Israel 5 2 3 399 448 0 891 7 nbsp Italy 5 1 4 380 405 0 938 6 nbsp Latvia 5 0 5 385 424 0 908 5 31 August 2011 Serbia nbsp 80 68 nbsp Italy France nbsp 89 78 nbsp Latvia Germany nbsp 91 64 nbsp Israel 1 September 2011 Latvia nbsp 77 92 nbsp Serbia Israel nbsp 68 85 nbsp France Italy nbsp 62 76 nbsp Germany 2 September 2011 Serbia nbsp 89 80 nbsp Israel Latvia nbsp 62 71 nbsp Italy France nbsp 76 65 nbsp Germany 4 September 2011 Israel nbsp 91 88 nbsp Latvia Italy nbsp 84 91 nbsp France Germany nbsp 64 75 nbsp Serbia 5 September 2011 Israel nbsp 96 95 OT nbsp Italy Latvia nbsp 80 81 nbsp Germany Serbia nbsp 96 97 OT nbsp France Group C edit Venue Alytus Arena Alytus Main article EuroBasket 2011 Group C Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts Tie nbsp Macedonia 5 4 1 362 337 1 074 9 1 0 nbsp Greece 5 4 1 360 324 1 129 9 0 1 nbsp Finland 5 2 3 373 366 1 019 7 1 1 1 155 nbsp Croatia 5 2 3 396 404 0 980 7 1 1 0 959 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 2 3 380 409 0 929 7 1 1 0 907 nbsp Montenegro 5 1 4 357 388 0 921 6 31 August 2011 Montenegro nbsp 70 65 OT nbsp Macedonia Greece nbsp 76 67 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia nbsp 84 79 nbsp Finland 1 September 2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp 94 86 nbsp Montenegro Finland nbsp 61 81 nbsp Greece Macedonia nbsp 78 76 nbsp Croatia 3 September 2011 Finland nbsp 92 64 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece nbsp 58 72 nbsp Macedonia Croatia nbsp 97 81 nbsp Montenegro 4 September 2011 Macedonia nbsp 72 70 nbsp Finland Montenegro nbsp 55 71 nbsp Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp 92 80 nbsp Croatia 5 September 2011 Finland nbsp 71 65 nbsp Montenegro Greece nbsp 74 69 nbsp Croatia Macedonia nbsp 75 63 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Group D edit Venue Klaipeda Arena Klaipeda Main article EuroBasket 2011 Group D Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts Tie nbsp Russia 5 5 0 371 321 1 155 10 nbsp Slovenia 5 4 1 356 324 1 098 9 nbsp Georgia 5 2 3 352 343 1 026 7 1 1 1 045 nbsp Bulgaria 5 2 3 339 357 0 949 7 1 1 0 993 nbsp Ukraine 5 2 3 322 327 0 984 7 1 1 0 960 nbsp Belgium 5 0 5 304 372 0 817 5 31 August 2011 Belgium nbsp 59 81 nbsp Georgia Slovenia nbsp 67 59 nbsp Bulgaria Russia nbsp 73 64 nbsp Ukraine 1 September 2011 Bulgaria nbsp 68 65 nbsp Belgium Georgia nbsp 58 65 nbsp Russia Ukraine nbsp 64 68 nbsp Slovenia 3 September 2011 Ukraine nbsp 67 56 nbsp Bulgaria Slovenia nbsp 87 75 nbsp Georgia Russia nbsp 79 58 nbsp Belgium 4 September 2011 Georgia nbsp 69 53 nbsp Ukraine Bulgaria nbsp 77 89 nbsp Russia Belgium nbsp 61 70 nbsp Slovenia 5 September 2011 Georgia nbsp 69 79 nbsp Bulgaria Slovenia nbsp 64 65 nbsp Russia Ukraine nbsp 74 61 nbsp BelgiumSecond round editGroup E edit Main article EuroBasket 2011 Group E The group composed of the three best ranked teams from Groups A and B Teams coming from the same initial group didn t play again vs each other but carried the results of the matches played between them for the first round Four teams with the best records advanced to the quarter finals Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts Tie nbsp Spain 5 4 1 405 340 1 191 9 1 0 nbsp France 5 4 1 383 388 0 987 9 0 1 nbsp Lithuania 5 3 2 405 397 1 020 8 nbsp Serbia 5 2 3 388 412 0 942 7 nbsp Germany 5 1 4 345 379 0 910 6 1 0 nbsp Turkey 5 1 4 331 341 0 991 6 0 1 7 September 2011 Germany nbsp 68 77 nbsp Spain Siemens Arena Vilnius Turkey nbsp 64 68 nbsp France Siemens Arena Vilnius Serbia nbsp 90 100 nbsp Lithuania Siemens Arena Vilnius 9 September 2011 Spain nbsp 84 59 nbsp Serbia Siemens Arena Vilnius Germany nbsp 73 67 nbsp Turkey Siemens Arena Vilnius Lithuania nbsp 67 73 nbsp France Siemens Arena Vilnius 11 September 2011 Serbia nbsp 68 67 nbsp Turkey Siemens Arena Vilnius France nbsp 69 96 nbsp Spain Siemens Arena Vilnius Lithuania nbsp 84 75 nbsp Germany Siemens Arena Vilnius Group F edit Main article EuroBasket 2011 Group F The group composed of the three best ranked teams from groups C and D Teams coming from the same initial group didn t play again vs each other but carried the results of the matches played between them for the first round The four teams with the best records advanced to the quarter finals Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts nbsp Russia 5 5 0 355 310 1 145 10 nbsp Macedonia 5 4 1 338 313 1 079 9 nbsp Greece 5 3 2 348 336 1 036 8 nbsp Slovenia 5 2 3 337 337 1 000 7 nbsp Finland 5 1 4 338 372 0 909 6 nbsp Georgia 5 0 5 329 377 0 873 5 8 September 2011 Georgia nbsp 63 65 nbsp Macedonia Siemens Arena Vilnius Finland nbsp 60 79 nbsp Russia Siemens Arena Vilnius Slovenia nbsp 60 69 nbsp Greece Siemens Arena Vilnius 10 September 2011 Georgia nbsp 73 87 nbsp Finland Siemens Arena Vilnius Macedonia nbsp 68 59 nbsp Slovenia Siemens Arena Vilnius Greece nbsp 67 83 nbsp Russia Siemens Arena Vilnius 12 September 2011 Slovenia nbsp 67 60 nbsp Finland Siemens Arena Vilnius Greece nbsp 73 60 nbsp Georgia Siemens Arena Vilnius Russia nbsp 63 61 nbsp Macedonia Siemens Arena VilniusKnockout stage editMain article EuroBasket 2011 knockout stage nbsp Finals Spain vs France nbsp Bronze game Macedonia vs Russia nbsp 5th place game Lithuania vs Greece All matches were played in Zalgiris Arena Kaunas 12 Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 14 September nbsp Spain86 16 September nbsp Slovenia64 nbsp Spain92 14 September nbsp Macedonia80 nbsp Macedonia67 18 September nbsp Lithuania65 nbsp Spain98 15 September nbsp France85 nbsp France64 16 September nbsp Greece56 nbsp France79 15 September nbsp Russia71Third place nbsp Russia77 18 September nbsp Serbia67 nbsp Macedonia68 nbsp Russia72 5th place bracket Semi finalsFifth place 15 September nbsp Slovenia77 17 September nbsp Lithuania80 nbsp Lithuania73 16 September nbsp Greece69 nbsp Greece87 nbsp Serbia77 Seventh place 17 September nbsp Slovenia72 nbsp Serbia68 Quarterfinals edit 14 September18 00 Report Spain nbsp 86 64 nbsp Slovenia Scoring by quarter 16 23 19 8 36 14 15 19 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 11 000 14 September21 00 Report Macedonia nbsp 67 65 nbsp Lithuania Scoring by quarter 18 20 12 14 19 18 18 13 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 15 000 15 September18 00 Report France nbsp 64 56 nbsp Greece Scoring by quarter 14 17 13 14 13 12 24 13 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 9 000 15 September21 00 Report Russia nbsp 77 67 nbsp Serbia Scoring by quarter 16 12 18 15 20 21 23 19 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 11 500 Classification 5 8 edit 15 September15 30 Report Slovenia nbsp 77 80 nbsp Lithuania Scoring by quarter 20 19 13 25 24 19 20 17 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 11 000 16 September15 00 Report Greece nbsp 87 77 nbsp Serbia Scoring by quarter 34 8 14 18 16 22 23 29 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 1 500 Semifinals edit 16 September17 30 Report Spain nbsp 92 80 nbsp Macedonia Scoring by quarter 26 18 18 27 27 17 21 18 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 11 000 16 September21 00 Report France nbsp 79 71 nbsp Russia Scoring by quarter 17 16 22 18 16 13 24 24 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 14 000 Seventh place game edit 17 September18 00 Report Slovenia nbsp 72 68 nbsp Serbia Scoring by quarter 27 20 17 19 20 12 8 17 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 5 000 Fifth place game edit 17 September21 00 Report Lithuania nbsp 73 69 nbsp Greece Scoring by quarter 14 20 18 17 24 11 17 21 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 14 000 Third place game edit 18 September17 30 Report Macedonia nbsp 68 72 nbsp Russia Scoring by quarter 13 17 17 19 20 16 18 20 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 11 000 Final edit Main article EuroBasket 2011 Final 18 September21 00 Report Spain nbsp 98 85 nbsp France Scoring by quarter 25 20 25 21 25 21 23 23 Zalgiris Arena KaunasAttendance 14 500Referees Luigi Lamonica ITA Ilija Belosevic SRB Sreten Radovic CRO EuroBasket 2011 champions nbsp SpainSecond titleFinal standings a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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